Marcy already noted the terrible killing of at least 10 UN staff members in Mazar-i-Sahrif, Afghanistan, after wingnut pastor Terry Jones burned Korans in Florida. The subsequent Afghan protest turned deadly. The attack began when hundreds of demonstrators, some of them armed, poured out of mosques after Friday Prayer and headed to the headquarters of [...]
Massacre at UN Outpost in Afghanistan Responded to US Pastor Burning Koran |
| By: David Dayen Friday April 1, 2011 12:30 pm |
Full Power of US Government Brought to Bear on Pastor with 50 Followers |
| By: David Dayen Thursday September 9, 2010 11:40 am |
I really didn’t want to get dragged into this. But I want to make a brief point on this Terry Jones story. So some nutburger pastor in Florida with 50 adherents wants to burn Korans, and the entire nation, from Barack Obama to David Petraeus to Sarah Palin, have condemned it. Conservatives are trying to [...]



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